Why Belarus Hijacked a RyanAir Flight: What Actually Happened to Roman Protasevich - TLDR News

Over the weekend RyanAir flight FR4978 was instructed to land in Minsk, Belarus. Once it did an anti-government journalist was arrested by police and the plane continued on its route. So in this video we're going to explain what happened, why Roman Protasevich was arrested and why Belarus would hijack and plane to get him.

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